Friday 13 May 1988

It was Friday, under the sign of Taurus. The US president was Ronald Reagan (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Casey Donovan and Paulo Avelino.
In that special week of May people in US were listening to Anything For You by Gloria Estefan.
In UK Perfect by Fairground Attraction was in the top 5 hits.
Willow, directed by Ron Howard, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1988
while Zoya by Danielle Steel was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Vale Tudo.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Draconus or Jaseiken Necromancer.
But much more happened that day: find out below..

Books

Against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution and World War I Europe, Zoya, young cousin to the Tsar, flees St. Petersburg to Paris to find safety. Her entire world forever changed, she faces hard times and joins the Ballet Russe ...

Vintage Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities, the #1 bestseller that will forever define late-twentieth-century New York style. "No one has portrayed New York Society this accurately and devastatingly since Edith Wharton" (The National Review)“A page-turner .